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Large fire extinguished at Lower Hutt home
The fire had been extinguished by 7am but firefighters remain at the scene.

‘Jewish strength and solidarity’: The story behind Toorak runner’s changing colours
A controversial decision by one of Australia’s biggest racing owners to show his support for the Jewish community will be on show at Caulfield on Saturday.

‘What if I just, you know, quit?’ Kipchoge’s advice for runners at every stage of the marathon
Sunday morning, outside Melbourne Park. You’re standing at the marathon starting line, nerves making you twitchy, you yawn. Is there time for another wee?

Two dead, two seriously injured as homicide investigation launched in Christchurch
Two people are in custody, and Police are not seeking anyone else in connection.

Australian opener’s tortured 33-ball duck highlights big Ashes problem
Nic Maddinson’s unwanted record suggests team are no nearer to finding a player capable of facing the new ball in England next summer

No tsunami threat to NZ after 7.6-magnitude quake rattles Panama
A large 8.0 magnitude earthquake is being assessed by New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency.

Two dead, two seriously injured after incident in Christchurch
A homicide investigation is underway.

Country Life: Former Wellington zookeeper helps Europe's rescue bears
John Pickard chats to Country Life from the German countryside where the New Zealander has an unusual job helping rescued bears learn to hibernate and regain some of their freedom.

Strong earthquake in Central America sparks Pacific tsunami fears
There is no tsunami risk to New Zealand, NEMA says.

Venting at Claude is fine, but ‘extreme’ abuse will be banned Nov. 12
“You f*cking idiot, I asked for…” might seem harmless if you’re saying it to an AI chatbot, and a lot of people are doing it. But if you’re one of them and your LLM of choice is Anthropic’s Claude, you might want to start keeping your frustration-driven interactions in check. Anthropic...

She turned down a home World Cup — now Abby Erceg is back in NZ
She walked away from the national team in 2022. A self-initiated move to Wellington Phoenix has brought her home.

Bledisloe Cup rivalry renewed at Eden Park with All Blacks veterans in focus
All you need to know about Saturday night’s test in Auckland.

Australia asked too much of Nic Maddinson. Matt Renshaw showed why
Matt Renshaw’s return to Test cricket has been an orderly one over several years – nothing like the Nic Maddinson whiplash recall.

I’ll tell you why these Wallabies are genuinely a threat to end Eden Park curse
Every day for the last fortnight, text after text, call after call, email after email has a similar theme. Say, Fitz, these Wallabies lately look ... different.

Matildas LIVE updates: Fowler missing as Australians down 0-2 to world No.3 Germany
The Matildas take on two-time world champions Germany in Karlsruhe. Follow the action.

Shai Hope’s hundred fires West Indies to record win over India
Shai Hope clubbed an unbeaten 102 off only 45 balls during the blistering run chase.

AI shows Kiwi researcher how to make sarin gas, then asked to borrow his phone
How to build a nuclear bomb or plan an assassination are just some of the suggestions made by one of the world’s most popular AIs to a Kiwi researcher.

Country Life: A little place in Taranaki, blooming around the world
Eric Lander's orchids can be found in vases from Dubai to New York, carefully bred and nurtured from large greenhouses on an old sheep and dairy farm in the lee of Mt Taranaki.

Hollywood actor Luke Evans on 'joyous' four months filming in rainy Wales
His family were on the set, and he even managed to get some relatives a cameo in the final episode.

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